This history of Japan focuses on the people, power plays and betrayals - and the occasional stuff-ups that shaped Japan. For fans of history, fans of Japan or tourists about to go for a visit - I hope you'll be entertained and informed!
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"How did it come to this?" - This must have been the question the Christian missionaries asked themselves as Hideyoshi followed by successive Tokugawa Shoguns made life unbearable for Christians in Ja...
Episode 34: OMG Part 1 (00:31:36)
To Christian missionaries, Japan was a most attractive prospect. Literate, cultured and rich - the Jesuits arrived in Japan in the 1500s and set about a process of conversion: from the lowest peasant ...
Episode 32: Masterful Inactivity (00:35:11)
With the destruction of the Toyotomi at Osaka in 1615, the Tokugawa clan were unrivalled in their domination of Japan. They would establish a Shogunate that would last over 200 years. But how did th...
Episode 31: End of the Sengoku Jidai (00:31:36)
The Siege of Osaka Castle in the winter of 1614-15 and the final Battle for Osaka Castle in the summer of 1615 marks the final chapter in the Sengoku Jidai. After years of rivalry between the forces o...
Episode 30: For Whom The Bell Tolls (00:30:07)
Tokugawa Ieyasu had won the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 and set up organising Japan under his clan's domination. However, safely ensconced in Osaka Castle was Hideyori, son of Hideyoshi; the last of...
Competition Draw (00:01:39)
And the winner is of the Size-L Oda Nobunaga t-shirt - complete with his slogan "Tenka Fubu" (The Realm Subjected to Military Power) is……………………
Episode 29: My Trip to Japan (00:41:36)
I went to Japan with 25 students and 2 other teachers. In this podcast I'll tell you where we went with a particular emphasis on the historical dimension (obviously!) and *drum roll* I bought you a p...
Episode 28: Sekigahara (00:31:24)
With Hideyoshi's body barely cold, the plotting and scheming began in earnest. This was the complete opposite of what Hideyoshi had hoped and begged for - for the sake of his infant son. But promise...
Episode 27: You Can't Take It With You (00:26:04)
My mother says that the cemetery is full of people who thought they were indispensable - but in Hideyoshi's case, he would have been right. His fervent desire was to ensure that his son, Hideyori, wo...
Episode 26: Hideyoshi Dreams Big (00:23:04)
In 1592 and 1598 Hideyoshi pointed the enormous Japanese capacity for warfare at the task of conquering one of the greatest civilizations in the world, China. In this episode we discuss why he decide...
Episode 25: From War to Peace (Almost) (00:27:56)
Hideyoshi, in spite of being a warlord, transitioned Japan from a state of war to a state of peace. Though Japan wasn't finished with the sengoku jidai by the time he died in 1598, he did put in plac...
Episode 24: Hideyoshi's Japan (00:20:54)
The rise of Hideyoshi from sandal bearer to dictator of Japan was phenomenal. After hundreds of year of civil war, he, without any sense of irony, brought the country to unified peace with remarkably ...
Episode 23: The Three Day Shogun (00:21:06)
If murdering Nobunaga was Phase One of a long thought-out and well-considered plan for the take-over of Japan it certainly wasn't obvious in 1582. In fact, it hardly seems obvious today! One thing w...
Episode 22: The Empire is Mine (00:37:00)
Between 1575 and 1582 Oda Nobunaga was sorely tested by the most powerful opponents to his domination; The Ikko Ikki Buddhists, the Takeda Clan and the Uesugi Clan. In the end, however, it might hav...
Episode 21: Nobunaga v Buddha (00:23:13)
In 1570 Oda Nobunaga faced a dangerous combination of rival daimyo and religious fanaticism. He decided to treat Buddhist rivals to his power the same way he did anyone else. With fire.
Episode 20: The Realm Subjected To Military Power (00:21:14)
Oda Nobunaga took Kyoto in the name of the Shogun and the Emperor in 1568. By 1570 the Shogun knew that he served at Nobunaga's pleasure and little else. Nobunaga almost lost it all to traitors and...
Episode 19: Oda Nobunaga's License to Kill (00:17:45)
Oda Nobunaga had the luck, the allies, the staff, the location, the armies and the validation to make a move on Kyoto while the other major Daimyo kept busy fighting amongst themselves. He also had ...
Episode 18: Sengoku Jidai, The Rise of Oda Nobunaga (00:17:52)
In this episode we introduce one of Japan's three Great Unifiers. His rise to power was certainly not easy and could easily have relegated him to the status of also-ran.
Episode 17: Sengoku Jidai Part 3 Bang (00:36:53)
The Portuguese bumped into Japan in 1543 and brought with them guns and god. In this podcast we will hear about how Japan received these products of the west.
Episode 16: Sengoku Jidai Part 2 (00:30:51)
War in medieval Japan was a colourful bonanza - bravery, cowardice and accounting!
Episode 15: Sengoku Jidai Part 1 (00:26:41)
The word sengoku means 'chaotic states' or 'warring states/countries' and 'jidai' means 'age - like 'iron age'. Betrayal, destruction, suffering and despair. It's every man for himself - and a few m...
Episode 14: Revolting Peasants (00:40:50)
The peasants of Japan finally get their turn at dealing out violence!
Episode 13: The Gold Pavilion (00:27:21)
Every tourist who goes to Kyoto goes here - but its story, and that of the Silver Pavilion, are not well known
Episode 12: A Clayton's Restoration (00:19:22)
Episode 10: Blowhards, the Kamikaze Story (00:34:05)
Did the Mongols get beaten by typhoons sent by the gods?
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